AN ANALYSIS OF CONNOTATIVE MEANING IN LINKIN PARK “A THOUSAND SUNS ALBUM”

This research aimed to analyze the connotative meaning and the type of connotative meaning found in the twelve lyrics of linkin parks’s songs. This research is designed in qualitative research with descriptive approach. The source of this research is the twelve lyrics of linkin park’s songs. The data is analyzed by using the technique of the data analysis: data condensation, data display, drawing and verifying conclusions. The result of data analysis shows that: there are 30 connotative meaning used in the twelve lyrics and the dominant types of connotative meaning is associative meaning. Besides, it is found 16 associative meaning, 4 allusive meaning, 3 collocative meaning, 7 affective meaning, 0 reflective meaning and attitudional meaning. Based on the finding, it is concluded that the connotative meaning found is carried within words, phrase and sentences in twelve lyrics of linkin parks’s song. In this research, the researcher also wants to suggest the lecturer or the English teacher to lead the students’ use the connotative meaning theory as the material of teaching and learning and also can be implemented as material for increasing the students’ ability in mastering the vocabullary and also connotative meaning material can be propossed to extend students ability in recognizing the meaning of words not only which has provided in dictionary but


A. Introduction
In communication, people interact one with the others for the sake of understanding the message or ideas presented using language.Kreidler (1998:19) stated that "language is a system of symbols through which people communicate.There are main parts of linguistics, they are phonetic and phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics and semantics.In this case, the researcher foccussed on meaning of words and sentences.However, semantic is also dealing with relation human words and word.
Furthermore, in linguistics, semantics is the study of the relationship between words and how the process of drawing meaning from text.Yule (1985:320) stated that "semantic is the study of meaning in words, phrase and sentences".In semantics, meaning is divided into two parts, literal meaning and non-literal meaning.Literal meaning as a dennotative meaning based on actual words or the real meanings and non-literal meaning is the other way around its accurs when the speaker's meaning different from what the real meaning, we can say that as connotative meaning.The listener may find it difficult to understand what the speaker wants to convey if the speaker speaks non literally.To expressing that ideas from semantics are used some way through denotative and connotative meaning.while, meaning includes both denotation and connotation.Denotative meaning is what the dictionary attempts to provide.It means that denotative meaning is the objective (dictionary) relationship between a word and the reality to which it refers.While connotative meaning is the communicative power of a word by virtue what it refers to (Leech, 1981:12).
Connotative meaning is difficult to interpret for general listener.Based on data that researcher collected that some people did not understand about connotative meaning that provides when listened.Some people does not get the point and the meaning what the speaker say, the listener just enjoy to hearing the lyric songs without understanding and knowing the connotative meaning that consist on it.Related to the statement and explanations above, learning about connotative meaning is very important.While, it can help make it easier to find and understand about what is being conveyed or being told.One of example to find the connotative meaning used in a lyrics song.
Every song has many messages and need to analyze the meaning of the song to understand the song.In daily life, many people listen a lot of song.Song lyric is one of literary works and it is has meaning.Every song contains lyric which has certain connotative meaning to be heard.Song lyrics are often used by the creator as an intermediary to convey and to expressing feeling that expose the author's toughts are made with various types of language style.The one of it Linkin Park.
Furthermore, in linkin park a thousand suns album the researcher found some connotative meaning, the connotative meaning that found is negative emotion such as angry, disapointment, selfish creature, and arrogant.Connotative that found produce as follow: (1) Blood in your eyes.The lyrics was taken from the song "Blackout", this lyric used the types of 'Associative meaning' because associative meaning has relationship and connects it with refferences to stereotype."blood in your eyes" that is not the real meaning.While, the word 'blood' is expression of someone who is angry, disappointed and emotion that looked from the eyes.So, the word blood is associated with anexpression angry, disappointed and emotion. .Then, based on the explanation above, the writer would like do a researcher and intends to study about entitled "An analysis of connotative meaning in Linkin Park a thousand suns album".The objectives of this research are : (1)To describe the types of connotative meaning which are found in Linkin Park "a Thousand Suns Album" (2) To find out the meaning of connotative words, phrase and sentences that found in Linkin Park "a Thousand Suns song lyrics Album" This research expected have significance both theoretically and practically.Theoretically, this research will be expected to give some contribution in linguistics development especially for semantics study and theoretical aspect of connotative meaning.Connotative meaning material can be proposed to extend students ability in recognizing the meaning of words not only which has provided in dictionary but also which has associated in another aspect.Morever, it is possible for the teacher to motivate the students for having motivation in learning English by comprehending the connotative meaning attractively.Practically, the teachers also can use the connotative meaning theory as the material of teaching and learning and also can be implemented as material for increasing the students' ability in mastering the vocabulary.This research also can be useful as a reference and additional information if you are interested in analyzing similiar research title like An analysis Linkin park a thousand suns album as comparison for the relevant research.

B. Research Method
This study used qualitative methods with descriptive approach because the data is the form of words or written language.This is due to research it seeks to expose sentences, phrase or words.Qualitative research is a form of inquiry that explores phenomena in their natural settings and uses multi-methods to interpret, understand, explain, and bring meaning to them (Anderson and Arsenault, 2005:126).In addition, another expert was argues "qualitative research is practised in many diciplines, so a range of data collection methods hasbeen devised to cater for the varied requirements of the different subjects, such as : qualitative interviewing, focus group, participant, discourse and conversation analysis and analysis of text ad documents" (Walliman, 2011:131).The data of this research was taken from song lyrics Linkin Park's album.The data source from words, phrase or sentences of songs linkin park by album a thousand sun that contains connotative meaning.
In collecting the data in this research, there were the steps the researcher used.The steps were : (1) Searching and downloading the lyrics of Linkin Park's album "A Thousand Suns and printing out all the song lyrics that consist in link http://myliriklagupopuler.blogspot.com/2013/03/linkin-park-thousand-suns-aalbumlyric.html(2)Printing out all the song lyrics that consist "A Thousand Suns" album.(3) Reading the lyrics of Linkin Park's album A Thousand suns to know whether it contains connotative meaning.(4) Identifying and Selecting the word, phrase or sentences that contains connotative meaning that would be analyzed.(5) Writing and arranging down the data that into several parts based on type.
Data analysis is seen as consist of three activities in analyzing data: (1) Data Condensation.Refers to the process of selecting, focusing, simplifying abstracting, and/or transforming tha data that appear in the full corpus (body) of written-up field notes, interview transcripts, document and other empirical material.(2) Data Display a display is an orgnized compressed assembly of information that allows conclusion drawing and action.In this case, researcher displayed the data in a table form to make it easy for researcher in drawing conclusion.(3) Drawing and Verifying Conclusion.At this stage, the data has been analyzed recheck to develop the conclusion regarding the study and describe the result of analyzing the data from the data collection.

C. Research Finding and Discussion
The data of this research were song lyrics of Linkin Parks's "a thousand suns) album, which consist of (12) twelve songs, which have 30 connotative meaning.

D. Conclusion
Based on research findings and discussion, it can be concluded that connotative meaning is the one important aspect which has been used in Linkin Parks a Thousand Suns album.It beautifies the songs and give the powerfull impressions and message tothe song.The data used in this research is the lyrics of Linkin parks a thousand suns album, which consist of 12 songs.
Based on the research findings, some suggestions addressed teacher, It suggested to the teacher to use this reasearch finding as the example of comprehending the English song and to find the connotative meaning of English songs.As addition, the teacher can used the theory ofconnotative meaning as material to teach and learning in increase their vocabullary Students, It is expected the research findings can be used as the example of teaching material in comprehending the connotative meaning of the English songs.Next researcher, It suggested to the next researcher to use the research as a guidance in conducting the relevant research Finally, researcher realizes that this research has many weaknesses.So that, researcher is expected for the next researcher were suggested to find other types of connotative meaning which were not found in the research.Moreover, it will be possible to use other theories in conducting the next research and more literally word in order enchance the wider knowledge and get the deep and more analysis about connotative meaning.